Nov 14, 2023
tl;dr: A manga with an overtly simple premise that doesn’t evolve at all and gets boring pretty quickly.
This manga is about Takano who is going out with a girl named Sekime, but Sekime gets embarrassed incredibly easily when Takono is involved, so despite going out it’s hard for them to do couple like things. As such, them just normally interacting can be pretty funny. But the problem with the manga is that this is pretty much all there is, short chapters involving just normal interactions playing out in an amusing manner. It’s fluffy so it is pretty enjoyable at first, but its incredibly repetitive. Takano
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and Sekime don’t seem to have anything to their character at all beyond the initial premise which is incredibly simplistic. And without anything more they grow dull very quickly.
It’s not like there isn’t anything to them beyond the fluff at all, but it’s very half hearted and doesn’t really feel like it contributes enough to have an impact. There’s relationship development I suppose in terms of how their relationship is seen by other characters, such as at first keeping it hidden but eventually being open about it. However, this doesn’t really feel like it comes about as a result of any relationship development within the couple themselves, its just kind of thrown out there. Similarly, while there are moments where Sekime feels like she’s growing more accustomed to Takano, these are kind of randomly placed and it doesn’t really feel like there’s any sort of progression. Thus overall, it doesn’t really feel like there’s any sort of relationship arc or character arcs in this manga, and thus it’s hard to get invested in the characters or find them all that likable.
There’s also not really much in terms of overarching plot threads. The vast majority of chapters are stand alone. There are some multi-chapter arcs towards the end that are going for long term jokes that focus on side characters and try to move away from being solely focused on Takano and Sekime. However, these weren’t all that well written and didn’t land all that well, and thus don’t really help much. The side characters in general felt pretty lacking in that they were even more flat than Takano and Sekime and didn’t really contribute much to adding any variety to the comedy. So in the end it comes down to just Takano and Sekime and they’re just not enough to hold up the manga.
The art was pretty mediocre. The color art is fine, but with the style and character designs used the black and white looks too basic and not at all interesting. Furthermore, a lot of panels felt pretty rough and overall the art felt somewhat rushed and not very high quality.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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